Lauren opens James 5:1-6 and doesn't soften it — wealth left to rot while workers go underpaid isn't just bad stewardship, it's an offence to a God who hears every unfair wage. From there she turns rebuke into invitation: what does it look like to hold money the way God does?

Looking at the early church's generosity in Acts 4, she challenges us to be conduits rather than reservoirs — open-handed rather than hoarding, since what's invested in God's kingdom never rusts or rots. The message closes with a heart check: who do you lift up as you rise, and are you willing to give until it costs you something?

Recorded: 05/07/2026

Speaker: Lauren Hart